[Jay-Z]This is black hoodie rap, there's no fear in my eyes where they looking atBetter look on map, Besides, me nah like to eye fightMe nah think such a ting is worth a man's life (Christ!)But if a man test my Stuy, I promise he won't like my replyBoom Bye Bye like Buju I'm crucialI'm a Brooklyn boy I may take some getting use toChain snatching, ain't have it, gotta get itSame shitted, from Brownsville to BainbrididgeFatherless child, mama put double shiftsSo the number runners was the only one I hanged widithBefore you know it I'm in the game, bang fidithFit no orangutans piddeals kid-daps like orange's I'm dangerousPlease! Tell me what the name of this is

[Jay-Z]I father, I Brooklyn Dodger themI Jack, I Rob, I sinAw man, I'm Jackie RobinsonExcept when I run base, I dodge the penLucky me, lucky we, they didn't get meNow when I bring the Nets I'm the Black Branch RickyFrom Brooklyn corners, burning branches of stickySpread love, Biggie, Brooklyn, hippieI pity, the fool with jewels like Mr. TWith no history in my borough, they borrowWith no intentions of returning, tomorrowThe sun don't come out for many, like AnnieHalf orphan, mama never had an abortionPapa sort of did, still I managed to liveI go hard, I owe it all to the cribNow please tell me, what the fuck's harder than this!

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[Santogold]While I'm doing my time due to circumstanceCross that bridge, face the consequenceOnce pretend now I paid my duesRisk takers we break the rulesGet so dark, but I see goodBed-Stuy stay high in my neck of the woodsNow, let it ring out, it's a warning(Brook-Lyn!) Let it be sworn inGotta make it stick working like we good colorRip it to the core, underneath it or we ought toRight into the clip, bring it to the floorOne step one step give it up moreThe road is rough and the street's a messWith big ass dreams and a sick death wishProbably like the commercials saysKill the voice screaming in my head